title: Prevalence of PTSD in a community sample of older adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine prevalence and correlates of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and diagnosis in older adolescents aged 16 through 22 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  The second cycle of a longitudinal epidemiological study in the Southeast included a semistructured interview assessing PTSD symptomatology administered to 490 adolescents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Approximately 3% of female subjects and 1% of male subjects satisfied the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD. Females reported more traumatic events than males, and black subjects reported more events than white subjects. Being female (odds ratio = 12.32), experiencing rape or child sexual abuse (odds ratio = 49.37), and witnessing an accident or medical emergency (odds ratio = 85.02) were associated with increased risk of PTSD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While relatively few adolescents satisfy the criteria for PTSD, most subjects who experienced a traumatic event reported some PTSD symptoms. Specific types of traumatic events were associated with occurrence of PTSD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Cuffe
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Addy
authors.forename: C Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Garrison
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: McKeown
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chilappagari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013022:South Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology*